HARRIS, Fred Roy, a Senator from Oklahoma; born in Walters, Cotton County, Okla.,
November 13, 1930; attended the public schools; graduated from the University
of Oklahoma in 1952 and from the law school in 1954; admitted to the bar in
1954 and began to practice law in Lawton, Okla.; member, State senate
1956-1964; unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate in 1962; elected in a special
election on November 3,1964, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of Robert S. Kerr for the term ending January
3, 1967; reelected in 1966 and served from November 4, 1964, to January 2,
1973; was not a candidate for reelection in 1972; unsuccessful candidate for
the Democratic presidential nomination in 1976; professor of political science,
University of New Mexico; author; is a resident of Corrales, N.Mex.

Bibliography

Harris, Fred.
Does People Do It? A Memoir. Norman: University of Oklahoma
Press, 2008; Harris, Fred.
Deadlock or Decision: The U.S. Senate and the Rise of National
Politics. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993; Harris, Fred.
Potomac Fever. New York: W.W. Norton, 1977.